Soccer match preview: Home crowds with big expectations before Athletic Club - Cádiz

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Fri 03.February
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: San Mamés Barria (53289 seats)

With their 7 point dominance in the league standings, Athletic Club club members wish to see their gladiators earn maximum points from this match hosting Cádiz.

Insights:
  • Athletic Club have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Cádiz have the most conceded goals in the second half (22) in La Liga

It's quite the trip for Cádiz when visiting Athletic Club as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Athletic Club form and stats

5 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Athletic Club have to build on here at San Mamés Barria in the La Liga. Athletic Club has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Valverde and the players.

Sancet was the last player to score a league goal for Athletic Club and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Athletic Club haven't scored in 230 minutes.

No payout for Club in their previous match, an away game at Celta de Vigo that ended in defeat 0-1. Defender Berchiche got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.43/10. Berchiche won 6 of 7 duels.

In the game before, a strong away win at Valencia. A Copa Del Rey match. The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Athletic Club home games with this odds we find 5 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. Looking at the victories, 2 matches were won by at least two goals.

Athletic Club are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 10 games. Athletic Club have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Cádiz form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Cádiz so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-5 (win-draw-lose).

Impressive finishing from Bongonda and Fernández secured the home win 2-0 against Mallorca in their previous game. Midfield player Fernández was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.45/10. Fernández scored one goal and had 40 successful passes (of 46 total).

A 0-1 defeat away at Sevilla before that.

You'll want to know how Cádiz managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found 5 similar matches resulting in 2 away wins, 1 draw and 2 home wins.

Little scoring action? 5 league games in a row with this side have had two goals or less.

The attacking power of Cádiz when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 9 league matches away. Cádiz have conceded 14 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Cádiz - Club 0-4 was the story when this pair of contenders last played each other, also in this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Athletic Club four wins, zero draws and Cádiz three victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less. The games between these teams have had a tendency to be brutal, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last seven encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Athletic ClubI. Williams Arthuer
I. Williams Arthuer
5 goals
Athletic ClubG. Guruzeta Rodríguez
G. Guruzeta Rodríguez
5 goals
Athletic ClubO. Sancet Tirapu
O. Sancet Tirapu
4 goals

Athletic Club missing players

Cádiz missing players

Athletic Club Cádiz
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
19 10 3 Played P 4 9 19
7 5 2 Won W 0 2 4
5 2 0 Drew D 1 2 7
7 3 1 Lost L 3 5 8
25 12 4 Scored S 2 5 14
20 6 1 Conceded C 9 14 29
84% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 84%
58% 40% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 56% 63%
47% 30% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 33% 37%
37% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 11% 26%
11% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 11% 11%
32% 10% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 33% 37%
42% 60% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 32%
42% 50% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 44% 47%
 
6.1 7.8 6.7 Corners for (avg) C F 1.5 2 3.2
3 2.4 2.3 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 6.8 5.7
1.8 1.8 3.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4.2 3.8 2.9
2 0 0 Red cards R C 4 5 6
 
15.1 17.5 17.3 Shots (avg) S ( 6.8 7.7 9.2
4.8 5.2 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.8 2.1 2.9
27% 23% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 26% 25%
 
9.2 7.8 9.3 Shots against (avg) S A 21.8 17.8 16
3.6 2.5 1.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8.5 5.8 6.2
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • Athletic Club have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Cádiz have scored away.
  • Athletic Club have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Athletic Club have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Cádiz have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Cádiz have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Cádiz have the most conceded goals in the second half (22) in La Liga
  • Cádiz have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 FC Barcelona 18 15 2 1 37 6 9 7 2 0 19 1 9 8 0 1 18 5 31 47
2 Real Madrid 18 13 3 2 38 16 8 5 3 0 16 7 10 8 0 2 22 9 22 42
3 Real Sociedad 19 12 3 4 28 18 9 5 2 2 12 10 10 7 1 2 16 8 10 39
4 Atletico Madrid 19 10 4 5 28 16 9 4 2 3 14 9 10 6 2 2 14 7 12 34
5 Villarreal 18 9 4 5 21 13 8 6 1 1 14 6 10 3 3 4 7 7 8 31
6 Real Betis 18 9 4 5 20 14 8 5 2 1 12 5 10 4 2 4 8 9 6 31
7 Osasuna 19 8 4 7 18 18 10 6 0 4 12 9 9 2 4 3 6 9 0 28
8 Athletic Club 19 7 5 7 25 20 10 5 2 3 12 6 9 2 3 4 13 14 5 26
9 Rayo Vallecano 18 7 5 6 24 22 9 4 2 3 13 11 9 3 3 3 11 11 2 26
10 Mallorca 19 7 4 8 15 18 9 4 2 3 7 6 10 3 2 5 8 12 -3 25
11 Almeria 19 6 4 9 23 29 10 6 1 3 17 12 9 0 3 6 6 17 -6 22
12 Girona 19 5 6 8 26 29 10 4 3 3 16 15 9 1 3 5 10 14 -3 21
13 Sevilla 19 5 6 8 21 26 10 3 3 4 10 12 9 2 3 4 11 14 -5 21
14 Valencia 18 5 5 8 25 21 10 4 2 4 17 10 8 1 3 4 8 11 4 20
15 Espanyol 19 4 8 7 23 29 9 2 3 4 11 15 10 2 5 3 12 14 -6 20
16 Celta de Vigo 19 5 5 9 18 29 10 3 4 3 13 13 9 2 1 6 5 16 -11 20
17 Real Valladolid 19 6 2 11 14 28 10 5 1 4 9 9 9 1 1 7 5 19 -14 20
18 Cádiz 19 4 7 8 14 29 10 2 5 3 9 15 9 2 2 5 5 14 -15 19
19 Getafe 19 4 5 10 16 26 10 2 3 5 9 13 9 2 2 5 7 13 -10 17
20 Elche 19 0 6 13 12 39 9 0 3 6 5 15 10 0 3 7 7 24 -27 6

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La Liga is the top professional level of the Spanish football league system. Is is often referred to as the Primera División and is considered one of the absolute top leagues of Europe and the world. 20 teams play 380 fixtures from August to May to create a final league table.